Comments on: ‘New York Times’ Reporters Are Dinosaurs http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/ The Blog of New York University Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:28:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nina Yiamsamatha http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Nina Yiamsamatha Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:17:07 +0000 http://nyulocal.com/?p=841#comment-353 I found “I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You" fascinating precisely because the NYT reporters are older. Their lives aren't as consumed by the internet/blogs/social networking sites, whereas we've grown up peculiarly digital. What's interesting about Clive Thompson's article is that it provides an outside (read: older) perspective. I thought his descriptions (especially of his experience with Twitter and the way people interact with their digital communities) were refreshing in a wow-I've-never-thought-of-it-like-that kind of way. I mean, this "ambient intimacy/co-existence/awareness" results from our growing tendency to digitally broadcast our lives to our entire Facebook-MySpace-Twitter- "network." And it's also this tendency that gets your opinions on NYULocal published, read, and responded to. We may be on the edge of New Media and the web, but I think it's interesting to watch as the NYT tries catch up. I found “I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You” fascinating precisely because the NYT reporters are older. Their lives aren’t as consumed by the internet/blogs/social networking sites, whereas we’ve grown up peculiarly digital.

What’s interesting about Clive Thompson’s article is that it provides an outside (read: older) perspective. I thought his descriptions (especially of his experience with Twitter and the way people interact with their digital communities) were refreshing in a wow-I’ve-never-thought-of-it-like-that kind of way. I mean, this “ambient intimacy/co-existence/awareness” results from our growing tendency to digitally broadcast our lives to our entire Facebook-MySpace-Twitter- “network.” And it’s also this tendency that gets your opinions on NYULocal published, read, and responded to.

We may be on the edge of New Media and the web, but I think it’s interesting to watch as the NYT tries catch up.

]]> By: Jessica Roy http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Jessica Roy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:25:06 +0000 http://nyulocal.com/?p=841#comment-329 Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the NYT for what it is, just not what it's trying to be. And there are many bloggers that are changing the landscape of the media, whether or not you think they are "jackasses." Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the NYT for what it is, just not what it’s trying to be. And there are many bloggers that are changing the landscape of the media, whether or not you think they are “jackasses.”

]]> By: NYU Local - Salvia Sought By Dumb Teenagers For Its Spiritual Revelations http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-308 NYU Local - Salvia Sought By Dumb Teenagers For Its Spiritual Revelations Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:32:09 +0000 http://nyulocal.com/?p=841#comment-308 [...] I promptly forgot about it.  So maybe the New York Times actually reported on something that was new and relevant to the youth demographic.  Or maybe I’m just [...] [...] I promptly forgot about it.  So maybe the New York Times actually reported on something that was new and relevant to the youth demographic.  Or maybe I’m just [...]

]]> By: Justin Spees http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Justin Spees Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:35:34 +0000 http://nyulocal.com/?p=841#comment-305 Maybe some people want to read articulate, thought provoking articles about new media issues rather than rants from some jackass with a blog. Maybe some people want to read articulate, thought provoking articles about new media issues rather than rants from some jackass with a blog.

]]> By: Ned Resnikoff http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/10/new-york-times-reporters-are-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Ned Resnikoff Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://nyulocal.com/?p=841#comment-295 I don't know, I find these articles on things that have already happened fascinating. Articles like, <i>Some People Really Like to Play World of WarCraft All the Time</i> and <i>The Internet Has a Lot of Stuff On It</i> provide their own special insight into the mindset that birthed them. I don’t know, I find these articles on things that have already happened fascinating. Articles like, Some People Really Like to Play World of WarCraft All the Time and The Internet Has a Lot of Stuff On It provide their own special insight into the mindset that birthed them.

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